Via Deadline, Candice, 25, will play Iris West, Barry Allen’s (Gustin) fast-talking, quick-witted best friend who is also the daughter of Detective West (Martin), who serves as a surrogate father to Barry.

The CW’s show plans to be an origin story about Barry Allen aka The Flash, a Central City assistant police forensics investigator who arrives in Starling to look into a series of unexplained robberies that may have a connection to a tragedy in his past.